Experiences of frail older cardiac patients with a nurse-coordinated transitional care intervention - a qualitative study

The Cardiac Care Bridge program was a randomized nurse-coordinated transitional care program combining case management, disease management and home-based rehabilitation for hospitalized frail older cardiac patients. This qualitative study explored the experiences of patients’ participating in this nurse-coordinated transitional care intervention, as part of a larger process evaluation, in order to support interpretation of the neutral trial outcomes and the contribution of the intervention components from participants’ point of view.<br>The data of this study consists of the MAXQDA-file in which the transcripts and the coding process are included.